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While the debate over the controversial Bombay high court verdict, which held that absence of “skin to skin contact” meant it wasn’t sexual assault, rages for its restrictive interpretation of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, child rights activists and lawyers said another aspect has been inconspicuously affecting legal outcomes in such cases the minimum sentence provision.
“We have been resisting the three-year minimum sentence from the very beginning. We can’t ignore the fact that judges are increasingly going to do this,” said Bharti Ali, executive director of Delhi-based child rights NGO Haq. Child rights lawyer Anant Kumar Asthana concurred: “When judges are reluctant to award the minimum mandatory sentence in a given case, where they don t think that kind of severe punishment is warranted, they find a way out. When minimum mandatory punishments were being introduced, many of us had cautioned this could happen.” ....

Anant Kumar Asthana , Bharti Ali , Swagata Raha , Maharukh Adenwalla , National Law School Of India University , Centre For Child , Sexual Offences , Madhya Pradesh , National Law School , India University , Shakti Bill , ஒரு எறும்பு குமார் ஆஸ்தானா , பாரதி அலி , தேசிய சட்டம் பள்ளி ஆஃப் இந்தியா பல்கலைக்கழகம் , மையம் க்கு குழந்தை , பாலியல் குற்றங்கள் , மத்யா பிரதேஷ் , தேசிய சட்டம் பள்ளி , இந்தியா பல்கலைக்கழகம் , சக்தி ர சி து ,